At Home

Pauline Menezes

Description

At Home: From Pot to Pot is a fully illustrated guide on how to grow 15 different herbs and spices (the first pot in the title), and how to use these herbs and spices to prepare 30 different dishes (the second pot in the title). With planting instructions specially written for those living in small urban apartments, and the dishes being easy to prepare and utilising common ingredients, this book is suitable for beginners to both gardening and cooking, as well as gardening and food enthusiasts. Discover the joy planting your own ingredients and cooking with them!

Sujets

• Cakes
• Cake
• Cake (gâteau)

Informations

• Publié par: Marshall Cavendish International
• Date de parution: 10 juin 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789814751827
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Bringing the joy and health benefits of plants into the home
Pauline Menezes
with the Institute of Parks Recreation, Singapore and Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
2016 Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited Photography by Clarence Tan and To Chee Kan
Published by Marshall Cavendish Cuisine An imprint of Marshall Cavendish International
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National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data Name(s): Menezes, Pauline. | Institute of Parks and Recreation (Singapore) | Vegetarian Society (Singapore) Title: At home from pot to pot : bringing the joy and health benefits of plants into the home / Pauline Menezes, with the Institute of Parks and Recreation, Singapore and Vegetarian Society (Singapore). Description: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Cuisine, [2016] Identifier(s): OCN 949911070 | ISBN 978-981-47-5113-1 (paperback) | eISBN 978-981-47-5182-7 Subject(s): LCSH: Cooking (Spices) | Cooking (Herbs) | Herb gardening. | Indoor gardening. LCGFT: Cookbooks. Classification: DDC 641.6383--dc23
Printed in Singapore by Markono Print Media Pte Ltd
Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction Growing Edibles At Home
Designing an Indoor Garden
Growing Successfully in Containers
Propagating with Seeds Propagating with Cuttings Caring for Your Plants Plant First Aid
Growing/Planting Despite Light, Space and Time Constraints
Growing without Soil: Hydroponics
From the Planting Pot To the Cooking Pot About the Contributors
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following people for their help.
Nurlina Fatima Shafrin Rahman and the late Dr. Fazalur Rahman Mallick (HPC), Adele Lau, Amy Choong, Ang Kian Nam, Kheng Chua, Li Jin Long, Arin Mares, Balakrishnan Matchap, Andrew Tay, Bhavani Prakash and Florence Kwok.
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Introduction
We live in a time when people are deciding to shape their own lives, rather than letting their lives be shaped by others. No more do we accept whatever is given to us, whether it is in the areas of recreation, work, health or food. We want choice, and choice often means doing things for ourselves in cooperation with family, friends and community members.
This book celebrates our developing spirit of self-sufficiency. It applauds those of us who are growing our own food (in planting pots) and preparing our own dishes (in cooking pots) using the food we have grown.
Vegetarian Society (Singapore) (VSS) enjoys collaborating with other organisations. At Home: From Pot to Pot is the third cookbook that we have done, the others being The New Asian Traditions Vegetarian Cookbook and The Heart Smart, Oil Free Cookbook . For this book, we are proud to collaborate with the Institute of Parks and Recreation, Singapore (IPRS). We greatly admire their work in encouraging people to enjoy the glory of growing plants.
VSS promotes plant-based diets as the best diets for human health, for environmental protection and for the welfare of animals. This book makes plant-based diets fun and feasible. Fun because it is life affirming to see our gardening and cooking efforts bloom in the form of healthy plants and tasty dishes, feasible because this book s easy-to-implement gardening tips and food recipes mean that everyone can happily join the path to greater self-direction.
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Maria Boey, who is the President of Institute of Parks and Recreation, Singapore (IPRS) stated that as part of IPRS s Green Sustainable Living Strategy, they encourage edible plants in every home for health and therapy. The plants can be eaten, and the process educates the family on planting and love for plants especially for the children. Other objectives are for the children to eat vegetables from young and to love nature.
These are not new problems, nor are they problems unique to Asia. For instance, more than 100 years ago, an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association stated, Villainous and idiotic are the only adjectives that can describe our methods of cooking vegetables.
Knowing how to prepare our own food makes a positive difference. For example, a study done in Taiwan found that people who cooked for themselves were healthier and lived longer. Not only is the food healthier when we prepare it ourselves, but the exercise and stress reduction we harvest from growing and preparing our own food also boosts our health.
Thus, IPRS and VSS urge you to use At Home: From Pot to Pot in your homes to help your family direct their own lives towards better health, greater togetherness and greener, kinder lives.
Maria Boey Yuet Mei President, Institute of Parks and Recreation, Singapore
George Jacobs President, Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
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Growing Edibles At Home
Surrounded by concrete structures and high-rise buildings, many of us do not have the luxury of a backyard to grow food. Yet, it is still possible to incorporate edibles into our lives - by growing them along the corridor, by the windowsill, at the balcony, and, for some of us, on the rooftop. By growing our own edibles, we can look forward to having fresh produce at hand all year round.
Designing an Indoor Garden
Here are a few things to consider before starting:
Your Goals
Being clear about what you want from the start makes it easier for you to stay focused and achieve your goals.
What do you hope to accomplish with this indoor garden?
Are you growing culinary herbs and spices, or fruits and vegetables?
Apart from growing for consumption, are you looking to make this an individual activity or a family/community activity that will promote healthy eating or psychological well-being?
Is your indoor garden purely functional or would it be decorative as well?
Some Considerations
Factors such as time, space, budget and environment are all very important elements that must be considered before you embark on growing any plants at home:
How much time do you want to spend gardening?
Be mindful of your current lifestyle and think of how you can include caring for an indoor garden into your daily routine. Let it be a meaningful and fun project, not a chore. Knowing that you are growing nutrient-dense crops for yourself and your loved ones will help to keep you on course. Besides how much time you have, consider also if there is someone to tend to your plants should you be away for extended periods of time.
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How much space do you have?
Sometimes, or most of the time, it is not how much space we want to devote to our indoor garden. Rather, we are often limited by how much space is actually available within our home for the indoor garden. If this is your first planting project, it is a good idea to start small. As your knowledge and confidence grow, so will your indoor garden. For more growing space, you can approach a nearby community garden for some space or volunteer and enjoy the harvest together with others. You can also get ideas on vertical garden systems, whether with purchased equipment or home-made.
What s your budget?
Deciding on your budget is important, as this will affect your set-up. If one of the reasons you are growing food is to save money, be realistic about how much you can save. Also, consider long-term investments, such as tools, pots, soil and fertiliser. It is easy to get sucked into the thrill of gardening and start purchasing lots of tools, gardening gadgets, seeds, seedlings and other gardening materials. Stick to your budget. Remember that growing your own edibles is not about savings, but peace of mind knowing what goes into growing your own food.
Your Environment
Having thought through the points above, you can now start having fun and planning your indoor garden in greater detail. Your surroundings will also help you decide what is suitable.
Space
How much space do you have for your indoor garden? Space limitations will impact the type of plants to grow. Space will also affect whether you will be growing in pots or in a vertical garden system. Some plants require support as they grow, so consideration for a support structure is necessary.
Water
Is there a water point nearby? Placing your plants close to a water source will make your watering task easier.
Light
Track the movement of sun in your home and the areas you are considering to grow your edibles. Your plants need certain amounts of sunlight to thrive. If the indoor garden gets:
direct sun (6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily), consider growing edibles like basil, tomatoes, rosemary, cucumbers, ladies fingers, chillies and leafy greens.
indirect sun (4-6 hours of direct sunlight daily), consider growing coriander, ba